The Book That No One Wanted to Read
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 2022

The Book That No One Wanted to Read

By Richard Ayoade, Tor Freeman (Illustrator)

A book nobody reads finds its voice when it meets you.

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128 pages
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Meet a book with opinions, tired of being judged by its cover. Unread and overlooked, it finally encounters a curious reader—could that be you? Discover its witty tale and unexpected charm as it challenges the nature of storytelling. Will you be the one to unlock its story?

From the publisher

From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a book. Quirky, smart, and genre-busting, this is the saga of a book that nobody wants to read–until the day it meets YOU. The life of a book isn’t easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know–it’s the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a cover the boring color of a school lunch table and pages so dry they give bookworms indigestion. But what happens when this book meets you, a curious reader? Multitalented author Richard Ayoade and award-winning illustrator Tor Freeman bring to life a hilariously subversive take on the nature of books and reading, with a heartening theme of finding the courage to tell our own stories. Readers of all ages will be delighted by the myriad bookish references and laughs on every page.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
128
Reading age
10–14
Audience
Middle Grade
Themes & topics
Books about writingBooks about booksBooks about imagination and playBooks about books and readingBooks about books and libraries
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Book details

Publication
Published
March 14, 2023
First published
October 6, 2022
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781536222166

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